Synonyms for slanderous


Grammar : Adj
Spell : slan-der
Phonetic Transcription : ˈslæn dər


Définition of slanderous

Origin :
  • early 15c., from slander + -ous. Related: Slanderously; slanderousness.
  • adj libelous
Example sentences :
  • They had gone to the king, and filled his ear with slanderous reports.
  • Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding
  • This, I may mention, is a slanderous libel on me, but it sounds all right as Dolly says it.
  • Extract from : « The Right Stuff » by Ian Hay
  • I am tired, too,—tired of all these rumors and slanderous insinuations.
  • Extract from : « The Mask » by Arthur Hornblow
  • One cannot impute to them any vice, unless they are a little too slanderous.
  • Extract from : « The Great Company » by Beckles Willson
  • No slanderous tongues, but my own ears, are evidence against you.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 398, December 1848 » by Various
  • You parted us—as I now believe by a cowardly and slanderous falsehood.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Julian Hawthorne
  • They do not trust to writings and arguments, but attack me with slanderous tricks.
  • Extract from : « Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam » by Ephraim Emerton
  • Nothing in the world can secure you from censorious, slanderous tongues.
  • Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) » by Richard Baxter
  • Shall the silver of the Silver Foxes be tarnished by that slanderous card?
  • Extract from : « Tom Slade » by Percy K. Fitzhugh
  • We cast back on Mr. Wilson his insolent and slanderous interpretation.
  • Extract from : « George Brown » by John Lewis

Antonyms for slanderous

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